All HSJ Local articles – Page 116
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HSJ LocalStaffing and leadership monitored at private hospital in special measures
NHS England is closely monitoring staff “capacity and capability” at Huntercombe Hospital in Stafford after damning CQC report One ward remains closed and two have capped capacity CQC has completed a follow-up inspection, which the hospital says found improvements The “capacity and capability” of staff at the Huntercombe ...
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HSJ LocalCity leaders push for accountable care model covering 250,000 people
A Midlands hospital trust is seeking to establish an accountable care model in partnership with its local metropolitan borough council and clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ LocalIT failure leaves teaching hospital with 10,000 tests backlog
Leeds and Bradford trusts cancelling non-urgent operations IT system may not be up and running until the end of next week Test results are being hand delivered but some are going to the wrong place with incorrect patient information One of the country’s largest teaching hospitals faces a ...
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HSJ LocalCoroner: Trust neglect contributed to patient's fatal self-harm
Neglect by South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust contributed to the death of a 15 year old mental health patient, a coroner has ruled.
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HSJ LocalGPs told to cancel blood tests after teaching trust's IT failure
CCGs tell all GPs in Leeds to cancel routine blood tests after hardware fault at Leeds Teaching Hospital GPs expect to have to recall some patients for testing as samples become unviable Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and caused “critical” internal incident at Leeds All routine ...
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HSJ LocalTrust's mortality concerns persist despite multiple improvement drives
East and North Hertfordshire Trust had outlier SHMI rates in five out of the eight reporting periods since 2014 “Large difference” between HSMR and SHMI rates due to palliative care coding Latest quality account report raised concerns over information governance, lower rate of incident reporting and never events ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Frontrunners for elective centres revealed
Commissioners have revealed the frontrunners to host elective centres in south east London.
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HSJ LocalLarge teaching trust ended year with £118m deficit
FINANCE: King’s College Hospitals Foundation Trust ended the 2015-16 financial year with an underlying deficit of £118m.
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation
Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...
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HSJ LocalIT crash causes 'critical incident' at major teaching hospital
Operations and appointments have been cancelled after a “critical” fault with Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ pathology IT system Test results are having to be hand delivered to clinical teams with significant impact on patient flow Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and local GPs who use the trust’s pathology ...
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HSJ LocalLeaders of CCG trio commit to merger by April
CCG leaders in Manchester committed to merger in 2017 Formal arrangement to be struck with Manchester City Council Plans mirror the merger of city’s hospitals The leaders of the three clinical commissioning groups for Manchester have committed to a formal merger by April 2017, according to an independent ...
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HSJ LocalChair reappointed at major acute trust
WORKFORCE: The chair of London North West Healthcare Trust has been reappointed for another two years.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Trust heading for unexpected deficit after governance failings
Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had planned for £5.3m year-end surplus but had deficit of £11.1m by August Review conducted into finances after “concerns raised at a number of levels within the trust” “Changes” to planning assumptions “offset an underlying loss of financial control and a failure to fully deliver ...
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health chair resigns
Tim Smart stands down as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust Trust says resignation is for “personal reasons” Mr Smart had received criticism for the terms of Katrina Percy’s resignation as chief executive Tim Smart has resigned as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust after less ...
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HSJ LocalLong-serving hospital chief to stand down
Mary Edwards, the chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust for more than a decade, has announced she will stand down at the end of the year.
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HSJ LocalSecond South West social enterprise to close next month
Swindon based social enterprise SEQOL to close next month after losing main contract to Great Western Hospitals FT Adult community services due to be transferred in February 2017 but process brought forward because of SEQOL’s “challenging financial position” It is the second social enterprise in the South West to ...
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HSJ LocalSpecialist hospital rated 'one of the best trusts in England'
Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital is the first specialist acute hospital to be rated outstanding One of only eight English trusts to receive highest quality rating Specialist acute hospital trusts currently outperforming non-specialists, with 78 per cent rated good or outstanding Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust ...
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HSJ LocalChief of 'inadequate' CCG resigns
The accountable officer of a troubled clinical commissioning group in the North West has resigned
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HSJ LocalSir Howard Bernstein to retire
Long-serving Manchester chief executive to leave next spring
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HSJ LocalSouth West trust takes action following mortality concerns
Weston Area Health has second highest summary hospital level mortality indicator in England “Further increase” expected in data to be published this month Trust has launched two reviews to investigate the mortality concerns Weston Area Health Trust has launched two external reviews into its mortality rates, after it ...